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Engines

P&WC eyes market for even larger engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (P&WC) progress in developing a powerplant for the proposed Bombardier C Series is contributing to research and development of eng

Bombardier charts course for more sales in ’07

Bombardier set a new record for business jet deliveries in its latest financial year, shipping 212 airplanes in the 12 months to January 2007.

Newly renamed Raytheon ready for future challenges

This seventh annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition sees one of the industry’s veteran players celebrate both a distinguished history an
Charter & Fractional

Investment firm has big plans for DaimlerChrysler Aviation

DaimlerChrysler Aviation, conceived as a corporate flight department in 1998 to transport the German-U.S.
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Jet Aviation names new Basel chief

Swiss-based aviation services provider Jet Aviation has tapped Norbert Marx as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Basel unit.
Charter & Fractional

Business booms for Air Partner

Air Partner, the company that describes itself as the world’s largest aircraft charter broker, is seeing a surge in business.
Aircraft

PrivatAir flies high with large jets

In the 30 years since its founding, PrivatAir (Booth No.
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Charter & Fractional

Flying Group introduces jet-card option for the not-so-frequent flier

“Not everyone can or wants to own a private jet, and even the most affordable co-ownership or ad hoc chartering package is not always suitable,” Flying Gro
Safety

Bombardier brings ‘war on error’ to Europe

Bombardier is to hold its first Safety Standdown event in Europe at the end of this week’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition here in Genev

Wheels Down for Paris Show

Two of Signature Flight Support’s top managers in Europe will be making it to this year’s Paris Air Show on just two wheels to raise money for children’s c
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stork refurb business extends to large aircraft

Business aviation is not new to Stork Aerospace (Booth No.
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Aircraft

Very Light Jets

Of more than 30 new business jet designs now in various stages of development, no fewer than seven are very light jet (VLJ) projects represented here at th
Rotorcraft

Helicopter makers buoyed by sales surge

Helicopter manufacturers have come to EBACE 2007 riding high on the wave of some $732 million in new orders announced at the industry’s Heli-Expo held in O
Charter & Fractional

Start-up Swiss charter firm awaits Phenom 100 deliveries

JetBird, the planned low-cost air charter service, caused quite a stir at the 2006 EBACE exhibition when it ordered 50 of Embraer’s Phenom 100 very light j
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Avionics

eNfusion CNX product bows here

A new fourth model in EMS Satcom’s eNfusion CNX line of mobile cabin gateways is making its debut here at EBACE’07 (Booth No.
Avionics

King Air altimeter approval latest from Swiss firm Revue Thommen

Revue Thommen, the Swiss avionics manufacturer (Booth No.
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VR lends a helping hand

Dassault is increasingly using tactile virtual reality (VR) to design its Falcon business jets.

Strength of Euro currencies boosting business jet demand

Demand for new business aircraft in Europe is riding high on a wave of economic growth that is particularly strong in the former communist eastern states.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag purchases Pilatus subsidiary

Swiss group Ruag Aerospace is here at EBACE (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

Austrian charter company maintains a global presence

Tyrolean Jet Services of Innsbruck is here at EBACE for the sixth time, exhibiting its charter expertise to attendees (Booth No.
Airports

Switzerland’s smaller airports want more business traffic

Spurred by representatives from St.
Regulations and Government

Cape Town Treaty to permit registration of aircraft shares

Operators who own a share of a fractional aircraft are to be given the same Cape Town Treaty protection as sole owners have had since March 2006.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Science of the sound of silence

The prototype personal stereo was famously developed in 1978 to help Sony founder Masaru Ibuka listen to opera while airborne on business trips.
FBOs

Shell Card a part of broader market push

Shell Aviation (Booth No.

AirCell names new manager

AirCell, one of the world’s leading airborne telecommunications service providers, has named Sergio Aguirre as its OEM sales manager.
Engines

Manufacturers eye market for larger engines

A titanic battle appears to be shaping up in the 10,000-pound thrust segment of the aero engine market, where there is a need for powerplants to drive the
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Aircraft

Socata’s speedy TBM 850 takes on VLJ competitors

A couple of years ago, the imminent arrival of the new-generation very light jets posed a real threat to EADS Socata’s (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe to boost fleet and pilot numbers

Back in 2001, NetJets Europe might have considered a shortage of suitably qualified pilots to be a nice problem to face.